New Veritas Planes & Spokeshave kit *LINK*

Re: New Veritas Planes & Spokeshave kit

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>Why the torture waiting till June 15th for the LA jack? Like watching people eat cake for us Diabetics. Torture. I don't know exactly what the bullnose is good for but I will buy one for the shelf.

Re: New Veritas Planes & Spokeshave kit

Tim of San Leandro

>Among other things....cleaning up a stopped dado/groove. You can take the top off so the cutter can go all the way to the end of the dado/groove.

Re: New Veritas Planes & Spokeshave kit

Dan Donaldson

>That depth adjustment for the spokeshave is very interesting. That is one of those "why didn't I think of that" items.

Re: Interestsing knob on the jack

paul womack

>I've only seen the "mushroom" shape on craftsman turned knobs before, including the great Robert Wearing.

It allows the same "over the top" hand position as the much drooled "low knob", but with superior ergonomics (IMHO).

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Re: Interestsing knob on the jack

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>Yes, it's a heavy plane with a lot of weight up front. I had the chance to try it with both a more conventional knob and the mushroom knob and much prefered the latter. I found it more comfortable in the hand during use, and to offer a much better grip during (as Rob puts it) "air time."

Re: New Veritas Planes & Spokeshave kit

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Rob Lee and his gang are really doing us all a great service here - rethinking the design of planes on which the design has been static for a century.

Bill, wishing that rethinking his wallet would cause it to be full.